The country’s second largest reservoir – Mangla dam found constantly dries following continued intermittent heavy snowfall on the upper reaches of Himalayan belt and consequent decline in flow of water in the rivers, falling in the reservoir – where the water level has decreased to considerable extent. The water level in Mangla dam, located in Mirpur district of AJK, was reported as 1156.60 feet on Wednesday against maximum conservation level of 1242 feet with the live storage capacity of 2.052 MAF in the reservoir, official sources told APP here on Wednesday. “The water level in the dam is gradually reducing further more,” the sources said. —APP
